diff --git a/js/stateless.js/src/constants.ts b/js/stateless.js/src/constants.ts
index 32a29701ee..b4ca44113a 100644
--- a/js/stateless.js/src/constants.ts
+++ b/js/stateless.js/src/constants.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { findProgramAddressSync } from './utils/pda';
 import BN from 'bn.js';
 import { Buffer } from 'buffer';
 import { ConfirmOptions, PublicKey } from '@solana/web3.js';
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ export const getRegisteredProgramPda = () =>
     new PublicKey('35hkDgaAKwMCaxRz2ocSZ6NaUrtKkyNqU6c4RV3tYJRh');
 
 export const getAccountCompressionAuthority = () =>
-    PublicKey.findProgramAddressSync(
+    findProgramAddressSync(
         [Buffer.from('cpi_authority')],
         new PublicKey(lightSystemProgram),
     )[0];
diff --git a/js/stateless.js/src/programs/system/program.ts b/js/stateless.js/src/programs/system/program.ts
index 300ab1255d..be6e7aeac2 100644
--- a/js/stateless.js/src/programs/system/program.ts
+++ b/js/stateless.js/src/programs/system/program.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { findProgramAddressSync } from '../../utils/pda';
 import BN from 'bn.js';
 import {
     PublicKey,
@@ -188,10 +189,7 @@ export class LightSystemProgram {
      */
     static deriveCompressedSolPda(): PublicKey {
         const seeds = [SOL_POOL_PDA_SEED];
-        const [address, _] = PublicKey.findProgramAddressSync(
-            seeds,
-            this.programId,
-        );
+        const [address, _] = findProgramAddressSync(seeds, this.programId);
         return address;
     }
 
diff --git a/js/stateless.js/src/utils/instruction.ts b/js/stateless.js/src/utils/instruction.ts
index 9293945e34..794fe3c5f3 100644
--- a/js/stateless.js/src/utils/instruction.ts
+++ b/js/stateless.js/src/utils/instruction.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { findProgramAddressSync } from './pda';
 import { AccountMeta, PublicKey, SystemProgram } from '@solana/web3.js';
 import { defaultStaticAccountsStruct, featureFlags } from '../constants';
 import { LightSystemProgram } from '../programs';
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ export function getLightSystemAccountMetasLegacy(
     config: SystemAccountMetaConfig,
 ): AccountMeta[] {
     let signerSeed = new TextEncoder().encode('cpi_authority');
-    const cpiSigner = PublicKey.findProgramAddressSync(
+    const cpiSigner = findProgramAddressSync(
         [signerSeed],
         config.selfProgram,
     )[0];
@@ -244,7 +245,7 @@ export function getLightSystemAccountMetasV2(
     config: SystemAccountMetaConfig,
 ): AccountMeta[] {
     let signerSeed = new TextEncoder().encode('cpi_authority');
-    const cpiSigner = PublicKey.findProgramAddressSync(
+    const cpiSigner = findProgramAddressSync(
         [signerSeed],
         config.selfProgram,
     )[0];
diff --git a/js/stateless.js/src/utils/pda.ts b/js/stateless.js/src/utils/pda.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1c46ed07f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/stateless.js/src/utils/pda.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import { PublicKey } from '@solana/web3.js';
+import { sha256 } from '@noble/hashes/sha256';
+import { Buffer } from 'buffer';
+
+const MAX_SEED_LENGTH = 32;
+const MAX_SEEDS = 16;
+const PDA_MARKER_BYTES = new TextEncoder().encode('ProgramDerivedAddress');
+
+export function createProgramAddressSync(
+    seeds: Array<Buffer | Uint8Array>,
+    programId: PublicKey,
+): PublicKey {
+    if (typeof PublicKey.createProgramAddressSync === 'function') {
+        return PublicKey.createProgramAddressSync(seeds, programId);
+    }
+    if (seeds.length > MAX_SEEDS) {
+        throw new TypeError('Max number of seeds exceeded');
+    }
+    let buffer = Buffer.alloc(0);
+    for (const seed of seeds) {
+        if (seed.length > MAX_SEED_LENGTH) {
+            throw new TypeError('Max seed length exceeded');
+        }
+        buffer = Buffer.concat([buffer, Buffer.from(seed)]);
+    }
+    const programIdBytes =
+        typeof programId.toBuffer === 'function'
+            ? programId.toBuffer()
+            : Buffer.from(programId.toBytes());
+    buffer = Buffer.concat([
+        buffer,
+        programIdBytes,
+        Buffer.from(PDA_MARKER_BYTES),
+    ]);
+    const publicKeyBytes = sha256(new Uint8Array(buffer));
+    if (PublicKey.isOnCurve(publicKeyBytes)) {
+        throw new Error('Invalid seeds, address must fall off the curve');
+    }
+    return new PublicKey(publicKeyBytes);
+}
+
+export function findProgramAddressSync(
+    seeds: Array<Buffer | Uint8Array>,
+    programId: PublicKey,
+): [PublicKey, number] {
+    if (typeof PublicKey.findProgramAddressSync === 'function') {
+        return PublicKey.findProgramAddressSync(seeds, programId);
+    }
+    let nonce = 255;
+    while (nonce !== 0) {
+        try {
+            const seedsWithNonce = seeds.concat(Buffer.from([nonce]));
+            const address = createProgramAddressSync(seedsWithNonce, programId);
+            return [address, nonce];
+        } catch (err) {
+            if (err instanceof TypeError) {
+                throw err;
+            }
+            nonce--;
+        }
+    }
+    throw new Error('Unable to find a viable program address nonce');
+}
diff --git a/js/stateless.js/tests/unit/utils/packed-accounts.test.ts b/js/stateless.js/tests/unit/utils/packed-accounts.test.ts
index ae30bf1618..7e7f0de3d3 100644
--- a/js/stateless.js/tests/unit/utils/packed-accounts.test.ts
+++ b/js/stateless.js/tests/unit/utils/packed-accounts.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 import { PublicKey } from '@solana/web3.js';
-import { PackedAccounts } from '../../../src/utils/instruction';
+import {
+    PackedAccounts,
+    SystemAccountMetaConfig,
+} from '../../../src/utils/instruction';
+import { getAccountCompressionAuthority } from '../../../src/constants';
+import { LightSystemProgram } from '../../../src/programs/system/program';
 
 describe('PackedAccounts runtime boolean normalization', () => {
     it('normalizes numeric AccountMeta flags from addPreAccountsMeta', () => {
@@ -36,4 +41,42 @@ describe('PackedAccounts runtime boolean normalization', () => {
         expect(meta.isSigner).toBe(true);
         expect(meta.isWritable).toBe(false);
     });
+
+    it('derives identical system accounts when PublicKey.findProgramAddressSync is unavailable (@solana/web3.js v3)', () => {
+        const selfProgram = new PublicKey('11111111111111111111111111111111');
+        const config = SystemAccountMetaConfig.new(selfProgram);
+
+        const expectedPacked = new PackedAccounts();
+        expectedPacked.addSystemAccounts(config);
+        const expectedAuthority = getAccountCompressionAuthority();
+        const expectedSolPda = LightSystemProgram.deriveCompressedSolPda();
+
+        const origFind = PublicKey.findProgramAddressSync;
+        const origCreate = PublicKey.createProgramAddressSync;
+
+        try {
+            (
+                PublicKey as unknown as Record<string, unknown>
+            ).findProgramAddressSync = undefined;
+            (
+                PublicKey as unknown as Record<string, unknown>
+            ).createProgramAddressSync = undefined;
+
+            const fallbackPacked = new PackedAccounts();
+            fallbackPacked.addSystemAccounts(config);
+
+            expect(fallbackPacked.toAccountMetas()).toEqual(
+                expectedPacked.toAccountMetas(),
+            );
+            expect(getAccountCompressionAuthority().toBase58()).toBe(
+                expectedAuthority.toBase58(),
+            );
+            expect(LightSystemProgram.deriveCompressedSolPda().toBase58()).toBe(
+                expectedSolPda.toBase58(),
+            );
+        } finally {
+            PublicKey.findProgramAddressSync = origFind;
+            PublicKey.createProgramAddressSync = origCreate;
+        }
+    });
 });